Social media and instant messaging fundamentally changed how we talk to each other.
The paragraph has ceded power to fast moving and ephemeral chat that inevitably leans toward the shallow and reactive. Easy and immediate access to information, has replaced depth with speed in both digital and offline conversations. We talk, and we talk fast, and we rarely stop to listen.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.discourse.org/2025/09/building-communities-that-think